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Originally Posted by gweeks
Nope. There was a glitch when it was updated at some point and was free for a few days on Amazon only. I got it at the same time you did I think. Late June 2016.
Greg
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Yes there was a glitch. The author explained that it wasn't meant to go in the Free Library until a "Second Edition" (with Additional Material) was published so readers could pay for it if they wished.
http://www.baen.com/grand-central-ar...d-edition.html
Dedication
This novel is dedicated to the memory of E. E. “Doc” Smith, the father of space opera and the author who showed me the most pure and undiluted sense of wonder I have ever known. In my “poor, limited, and thoroughly inadequate” way, I hope to give something of that same sweep of vision and thrill of adventure to a new generation of readers. There was, and will be, only one Doc Smith, but he lives through the memory of those he inspired.
The new afterword is
In-jokes, Shout-Outs, and References in Grand Central Arena
Faith in Wonder: Saluting the Past
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